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PayPal launches Fashion Window, a proposal to break down the barrier between virtual and real
PayPal launches Fashion Window, a proposal to break down the barrier between virtual and real
PayPal, the company that specializes in payments on the Web, has launched a new technology that makes it possible to shop at physical stores using a mobile phone. This tool, called Fashion Window, makes...
Read More... MWC 2012: First phones to emerge
MWC 2012: First phones to emerge
This year’s Mobile World Congress has just kicked off, so you can expect a deluge of new smartphones being announced this week.
And here are the first handsets to get unveiled at MWC 2012.
LG has officially...
Read More... PC sales down 20% in the UK
PC sales down 20% in the UK
The UK market for PCs is looking decidedly rocky according to the latest figures from Gartner.
The research firm, which doesn’t include media tablets in its PC stats as do some rivals, estimated a year-on-year...
Read More... 66% of the UK suffers from Nomophobia
66% of the UK suffers from Nomophobia
Nomo-what-now? Here’s another new “phobia” which has been “discovered” along with all those ones documented in that book we saw being plugged a few years back on the TV.
You know, stuff like...
Read More... Consumer Electronics Show - Las Vegas
Consumer Electronics Show - Las Vegas
This year’s Consumer Electronics Show begins tomorrow and runs through until Friday In Las Vegas
We have taken a sneak peek at what upcoming technology you can expect to see revealed at the show.
Broadly...
Read More... Collins Dictionary now online for free
Collins Dictionary now online for free
Major publisher looks to online territory as the dictionary market changes
Collins has taken the step of publishing its famous dictionary content online, the first time a dictionary from a major publisher...
Read More... The worst passwords of 2011 published
The worst passwords of 2011 published
SplashData, a security app provider, has published its 2011 list for the “25 worst passwords of the year”.
They found that whilst many people are aware of the need for strong passwords, others are...
Read More... 240 million European consumers will shop online in the run-up to Christmas 2011
240 million European consumers will shop online in the run-up to Christmas 2011
The new IMRWorld European e-Christmas Sales Forecast reveals for the first time how the internet is helping hard-pressed shoppers throughout Europe to cope with the tough economic conditions. IMRWorld,...
Read More... Google shuts down unpopular social products
Google shuts down unpopular social products
Identity-hoarder Google has killed various social products that failed to capture the interweb's hive brain in the way it clearly thinks Google+ has done.
As part of Larry Page's drive to make the Chocolate...
Read More... Amazon mulls smartphone plans
Amazon mulls smartphone plans
Things are moving fast at Amazon at the moment.
The online retail giant appears to have set its sights firmly on the hardware world, with its own branded products pushing its shopping experience – and...
Read More... Nominet reveals .uk domain registration growth
Nominet reveals .uk domain registration growth
Nominet have revealed that .uk domain registrations grew by 10.5% over the past twelve months, bringing the total to 9.7 million and keeping the UK in the number two spot for worldwide registrations.
81%...
Read More... Chinese Google hacking author pin-pointed
Chinese Google hacking author pin-pointed
The Google hacking affair (which also involved a number of other Western companies) isn’t about to fade away quietly, especially not now, as US authorities think they’ve pin-pointed the author.
And...
Read More... Internet giants join forces to stop SOPA
Internet giants join forces to stop SOPA
Legislation which appeases the movie industry and threatens to damage innovation on the net.
Some of the biggest names on the internet have banded together to voice their concerns over the new bill currently...
Read More... TAX Amnesty for Portuguese and Foreigners
TAX Amnesty for Portuguese and Foreigners With immediate effect Portuguese residents or foreigners who are resident in Portugal are being encouraged to take advantage of the TAX AMNESTY that the new government has introduced. A new amnesty will...
Read More... Unthink anti-Facebook site launches
Unthink anti-Facebook site launches
A new social networking site has launched into beta this past week, positioning itself as a rebel against Facebook and other big social players such as Google and Twitter.
Unthink is most definitely an...
Read More... More expats cancelling plans to return to Britain
More expats cancelling plans to return to Britain
In February, Lloyds TBS International released a survey that suggested Read More...
Won The Battle But Lost The War
Won The Battle But Lost The War
The constant challenges faced by businesses and organisations today to retain and inspire their customers means we all have to look differently at customer retention. Having successfully built new businesses...
Read More... Fast Forward Your Business or Lose It!!
Fast Forward Your Business or Lose It!!
We are all shy about blowing our own trumpets but lets be honest if you don't who will? Just to demonstrate to you how bad not shouting about your business can be I was working recently with a client who...
Read More... Web Site Designers Don't Understand Customers
Web Site Designers Don't Understand Customers
One of the most important points about web sites is that designers think that visitors really care about them. The truth is they don't because your site visitors do not have the luxury to spend endless...
Read More... Building Your Business in Hard Times
Building Your Business in Hard Times
I have lived through 3 recessions these being the early ‘80’s, the early ‘90’s and now 2009. All of them have three things in common; they caused businesses to tighten up and look closely at how...
Read More... Social media blamed for London riots
Social media blamed for London riots
Social media is coming under fire for what some critics believe is its part in facilitating the organisation of the London riots.
Twitter in particular is thought by some to have been used to inform potential...
Read More... Pierre Cardin PC-7006 designer tablet launched
Pierre Cardin PC-7006 designer tablet launched
A designer tablet has hit the market. And we don’t mean a tablet which is created to cater for CAD workers or professional artists in some respect.
What we’re talking about is a tablet with a “label”...
Read More... First website’s 20th birthday today
First website’s 20th birthday today
It’s the birthday of the worldwide web today, the now indispensable virtual entity which we couldn’t live without (or we’d certainly struggle to).
Or more precisely, the first ever website went...
Read More... Internet used more in Europe for online shopping than to browse social networks
Internet used more in Europe for online shopping than to browse social networks
The monthly N-economía report for July reflects the data from the 2011 Eurobarometer, which...
Read More... Chinese retailers smuggle Apple products from Hong Kong to meet demand
Chinese retailers smuggle Apple products from Hong Kong to meet demand
China is experiencing a huge boom in the desire for Apple products, and some independent retailers are taking advantage of this to import tax-free products from neighbouring Hong Kong.
Last month Chinese...
Read More... Research shows web applications attacked every 2 minutes
Research shows web applications attacked every 2 minutes
A report released today by security company Minerva shows that businesses are attacked every two minutes through web applications, with automated attacks peaking at 25,000 per hour.
The Web Application...
Read More... Luton Airport also adopts hologram staff
Luton Airport also adopts hologram staff
London Luton Airport has two new members of staff.
And according to a BBC News report, they’re called Holly and Graham. And they’re holograms – see what they’ve done there: Holly-grahams.
Manchester...
Read More... “Beautiful people” dating website sabotaged to admit uglies
“Beautiful people” dating website sabotaged to admit uglies
The BeautifulPeople.com dating website has hit the headlines for giving the boot to 30,000 members who were mistakenly admitted to the ranks of the gorgeous.
The site calls itself the “largest most...
Read More... Choose You Own Internet Address
Choose You Own Internet Address
ICANN, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, has today voted to open up the expansion of top-level web domains such as .com, .net and .org.
This move allows any organisation to choose...
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We are all shy about blowing our own trumpets but lets be honest if you don't who will? Just to demonstrate to you how bad not shouting about your business can be I was working recently with a client who has an impeccable product and when he is in full stride delivering the product which happens to be unbelievable food..well.. its a real treat. He and his partner are lovely people who love food and great service but their greatest problem now is the inability to understand that without regular clientele they have no business.So what should we do..? I can provide all the help that I can give and even attempt to build referrals but without them being proactive nothing will save them.So if you have a client who has similar problems what would you do? My first suggestion is to identify what they are good at and whatever else they are not good at sub contract it out to somebody else.Simple.Do not try and be all things to all people because this strategy will fail.Instead play to your strenghts and cooperate with those who will help you to be successful. Do not expect that any of these strategies come free they dont but ensure that first and foremost you get real value and insist on shopping around for people and pricing making sure to consult as wide and as far as is humanly possible. Happy hunting John Norton This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it www.leaping-ahead.com John Norton is a sales and marketing specialist who has helped businesses worldwide increase their revenues by 150 million euros. |
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